Helen Ford

Helen Ford (born Helen Isabel Barnett; June 6, 1894, Troy, New York–January 19, 1982, Glendale, California) was an American actress. Biography Ford's father was a manufacturer in Troy, and she was considered a musical prodigy as a child. She studied voice and piano at a conservatory of music in Troy. Ford appeared in a production of The Heart of Annie Wood in New York in 1918 and in Sometime shortly thereafter. In 1920, she had the role of Toinette in Always You, Oscar Hammerstein's first musical. She was a stage actress in musicals in the 1920s. A "Rodgers, Hart, and Fields' favorite", she starred in three of their Broadway productions: Dearest Enemy (1925), Peggy-Ann (1926) and Chee-Chee (1928). She also starred in the touring production of Dearest Enemy. She went on to appear in films and television programs, including The Raid.